Malaria parasite density and detailed qualitative microscopy enhances large-scale profiling of infection endemicity in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: With global progress towards malaria reduction stalling, further analysis of epidemiology is required, particularly in countries with the highest burden. National surveys have mostly analysed infection prevalence, while large-scale data on parasite density and different developmental forms rarely available. In Nigeria, the country with the largest burden globally, blood slide microscopy of children up to 5 years of age was conducted in the 2018 National Demographic and Health Survey, and parasite prevalence previously reported. In the current study, malaria parasite density measurements are reported and analysed for 7783 of the children sampled across the 36 states within the six geopolitical zones of the country. Asexual and sexual stages, and infections with different malaria parasite sp

SUBMITTER: Oyibo W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9884197 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature